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Youth Training and Skill Development: Part 1
As the new year begins, we set our sights toward spring sports, and that means baseball season! For our youth athletes, this means they have a couple of months before the season starts (in the mid-Atlantic region). There are some obvious factors that differentiate...
The Top 5 Posts of 2022
With 2022 coming to a close, here are our 5 most popular articles of the year: Mechanisms of Adaptation to High Velocity Throwing High intensity throwing is commonly included in velocity development programs, but most athletes and coaches don’t understand why it...
Connective Tissue, Elasticity, and Throwing Velocity
The classical strength and conditioning approach that is used by many strength coaches and other professionals in the sports performance realm tends to be very muscle focused. This is important, but tends to overlook certain important components relevant to elite...
Velocity Results for Our Athletes
Pitching is a complex task that requires an array of skills and abilities, with velocity being an important one. Velocity is like an SAT score for your college applications - a high one doesn’t guarantee you’ll get in everywhere, but a low one severely limits your...
Designing a Power/Speed Session for Pitchers
Improving strength, mobility, and general movement quality are all boxes worth checking when an athlete begins their training journey. However, once these basic boxes are checked, more advanced qualities must be trained. In this video we discuss the strengths and...
Carlos Rodon Mechanical Analysis: How He Went from 91 to 96 mph
In this video we're breaking down Carlos Rodon's mechanics and discussing how he went from an average fastball of 91.4mph in 2019 to 95.7mph in 2022. Interested in training with me? Contact me and let's set up a call to discuss our training options.
The Cervical Spine and Pitching Mechanics
When health and performance are discussed in baseball circles, the elbow and shoulder are almost certainly the first body parts that are brought up. This is with good reason as injuries to these areas can have a significant impact on availability, career progression,...
The Process of Adaptation to Training and Its Impact on Throwing Velocity
If you train hard and are consistent for a long period of time, you’ll likely get better at your chosen sport, right? Well maybe, but it depends on the specifics of how you choose to spend your training time and the biological response to that training. This has...
Differentiating the Training for Segments of a High Velocity Delivery
In this video we discuss the different roles that various body segments play during a high velocity delivery. We discuss how the demands on each segment are different and therefore the adaptations that we're training toward and the methods used will necessarily...
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Youth Training and Skill Development: Part 1
As the new year begins, we set our sights toward spring sports, and that means baseball season! For our youth athletes, this means they have a couple of months before the season starts (in the mid-Atlantic region). There are some obvious factors that differentiate...